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NOAA Hi-Def Radar Pro has been updated for iOS 10 and beyond. With this major update comes a sleek new design, new radar, and new weather map options.

New hi-definition radar provides stunning precipitation detail. See freezing rain (pink) areas of radar so you know where hazardous road conditions are likely.

Features include:• Install and go, no complex setup.• Select transparency of radar imagery for your preference.• Sharp radar imagery even on retina displays that show the latest radar images within minutes.• Show the weather map full-screen on your device and hide the app buttons for a fantastic full-screen map view of radar activity. Looks especially great on iPad!• Tap and hold anywhere on the map to check current weather and forecasts.• Show your GPS position, direction of travel and elevation on the map when enabled.• Bookmark multiple locations for fast and easy access to your favorite places.• Current conditions, hourly and five-day forecasts alongside detailed weather information for all your locations, including pressure readings for all your locations.

Show Weather Layers on the map: New layers on the weather map let you see recent weather activity from the last 6 to 12 hours:• Radar• Clouds• Clouds & Radar together• Wind Speed• Snow Cover• Temperatures• Water Temperatures• Road Weather

Show Severe Weather Overlays on the map: Alerts on the weather map let you see severe weather warning boxes where dangerous weather is happening:• Tap alert boxes on the map to view info• Tornadoes and Thunderstorm watches and warnings• Flood watches and warnings• Hurricane and Tropical Storm forecast tracks• Hurricane and Tropical Storm watches and warnings• Storm Tracks showing direction of storm in the next few minutes• Winter storm watches and warnings• Marine and coastal alerts• Earthquakes over the last 48 hours• View Lightning strikes on the map (no additional purchase necessary)

1) Be notified when lightning strikes nearby. Get a push notification whenever lightning strikes near your Saved Locations up to 10 miles away. (At this time, Current Location is not supported by Lightning Notifications.)

Note:• Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase.• Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.• Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.• Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.• No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period.• Privacy Policy: http://www.weathersphere.com/privacy• Terms of Use: http://www.weathersphere.com/terms• Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

What’s New

Version History

3.6

Oct 8, 2018

Version 3.6

APP IMPROVEMENTS:• When you receive a Lightning Alert push notification (assuming you have an active paid in-app subscription for Lightning Notifications), you will now see an in-app notification for that lightning strike when the app is open as well. Previously, you would only see a notification if the app was in the background or closed. Now you'll see the notification in any state the app might be in.

• A new Share button on the Map screen lets you share a screenshot of the map's current weather. Helpful for showing friends and family the current radar, active weather alert polygons, and any other map layers you've chosen to display.

BUG FIXES:• We fixed a bug that caused some users to not have their in-app purchase features enabled immediately after purchase. When that bug occurred, the best workaround was to delete the app, wait a few minutes, re-install the app from the App Store, and then tap 'Restore Subscriptions' in the app. As of this v3.6 release, this bug should now be fixed.

If, after installing this version 3.6 update, you're still not getting your in-app purchased features enabled, please submit a Support ticket from within your app, which provides us with additional diagnostic data, and we'll look into it.

• Additional bug fixes and performance improvements are included in this release.

3.5

Jun 12, 2018

Version 3.5

• NEW! LIGHTNING NOTIFICATIONS:Be notified when lightning strikes nearby. Get a push notification whenever lightning strikes near your Saved Locations up to 10 miles away. Tap the 'Layers' icon in the bottom navigation menu, then tap the new 'Alerts' button at the top-left of the screen.

Note: • At this time, Current Location is not supported by Lightning Notifications.• An in-app purchase of $0.99/month is required for Lightning Notifications.• You can still view Lightning strikes on the map without having to buy the Lightning Notifications subscription. To do so, tap the 'Layers' icon in the bottom navigation menu, then under the 'Layers' button at the top, scroll down to the 'Severe Weather Overlays' section where you can turn on or off the Lightning overlay on the map.

• NEW! LONG-TAP ON THE MAP:You can now long-tap on the map to get current conditions and weather forecasts for any location in the United States. You can also choose to save this location right from the long-tap results display just by tapping the '+' icon. Long-tap makes it quick and easy to check a location's weather and add a new location to your Saved Locations just by tapping the map.

• NEW! CUSTOMIZE WEATHER LAYERS FOR SLOW CELLULAR CONNECTIONS:A new Advanced setting lets you set the number of looping imagery frames to display for weather layers (such as radar) if you are on a slow cellular connection. Using less frames will help looping layers like radar display faster, but you won’t see as much imagery.

BUG FIXES:• Three map legends were corrected for the Temperature weather layer, Water Temp weather layer, and Snow Cover weather layer. These three legends had some misaligned numbers relative to their color bar chart. These misaligned numbers caused confusion when interpreting the map legends according to what the associated weather layer was displaying on the map.

• Additional bug fixes and performance improvements are included in this release to resolve some minor and annoying app crash issues.

3.4

Oct 9, 2017

What’s new in version 3.4:• Improvement to the Forgot Password Reset mechanism to make it quicker and easier for you to manage if you’ve forgotten your app account password.

We hope you enjoy the improvements!

From version 3.3.2:• Improvement to help make Lightning strikes appear faster on the map.

From version 3.3.1:• Bug fixes for app crashes happening to some users.

From version 3.3:

1) Lightning Strikes on the map are back! • In the Layers “Alerts” section, tap the new Lightning button to see Lightning Strikes within 150 miles of that location.

2) Landscape mode for iPhone is back!• Enjoy viewing the Radar map full-screen in both Landscape and Portrait views, just like in the old app.

4) New option to customize the time format for the Radar loop.• In Settings > Advanced, display Relative time just like in the old app (e.g. "XX minutes ago").

5) Redesiged the Layers and Alerts screen so map options are easier to see and select.

6) The "Tropical Tracks" button was renamed to "Hurricane Tracks" so it's more obvious how to see Hurricane and Tropical Storm forecast tracks.

7) Saving a new location is easier. The app now lets you refine the pin's location before you save it.

3.3.1

Sep 19, 2017

What's new in version 3.3.1:

This quick release has two bug fixes for app crashes:

• When on slower or spotty connections, the app was crashing for some users when it tried to retrieve the map's layers on initial load. This initial map load event was taking quite a bit of time on slow connections, and the map would eventually fail, crashing the app as a result.

• There was a memory issue with the map that was causing the app to crash for some users.

In our scenario testing with these fixes applied, we have not been able to replicate these crashes.

If the app continues to crash for you, please open a new Support Ticket from within your NOAA Hi-Def Radar app (in 'Settings' > tap 'Support') and we will continue to investigate.

Thank you!

From version 3.3:

1) Lightning Strikes on the map are back! • In the Layers "Alerts" section, tap the new Lightning button to see Lightning Strikes within 150 miles of that location.

2) Landscape mode for iPhone is back!• Enjoy viewing the Radar map full-screen in both Landscape and Portrait views, just like in the old app.

4) New option to customize the time format for the Radar loop.• In Settings > Advanced, display Relative time just like in the old app (e.g. "XX minutes ago").

5) Redesiged the Layers and Alerts screen so map options are easier to see and select.

6) The "Tropical Tracks" button was renamed to "Hurricane Tracks" so it's more obvious how to see Hurricane and Tropical Storm forecast tracks.

7) Saving a new location is easier. The app now lets you refine the pin's location before you save it.

3.3

Sep 12, 2017

What's new in version 3.3:

Thanks for your continued feedback from our last release! We've worked on a lot of features you told us about. We hope you enjoy these improvements!

1) Lightning Strikes on the map are back! • In the Layers "Alerts" section, tap the new Lightning button, and then tap on the map one of your bookmarked locations to see Lightning Strikes within 150 miles of that location.

2) Landscape mode for iPhone is back!• Enjoy viewing the Radar map full-screen in both Landscape and Portrait views, just like in the old app.

3) Fire Weather alerts layer is back!• In the Layers "Alerts" section, tap the new "Other" button to view Fire Weather alerts, Wind alerts, Heat alerts, and other miscellaneous alert types, just like in the old app.

4) New option to customize the time format for the Radar loop.• In Settings > Advanced, choose to display Relative time just like in the old app (e.g. "XX minutes ago"), 12-hour time, or 24-hour time.

5) Redesigned the Layers and Alerts screen to a vertical layout instead of horizontal, so all possible map options are easier to see and select.

6) The "Tropical Tracks" button was renamed to "Hurricane Tracks."• We renamed this button so it's more obvious what you tap to view Hurricane and Tropical Storm forecast tracks.

7) Saving a new location is easier.• The app now lets you refine the pin's location before you save it.

8) Bug fixes:• The 'Future Weather' button was confusing when the 'Future Weather' paid subscription was active. The button made it look like your paid subscription was no longer active when you were on a layer that did not have future data. This caused confusion for some users. We've reworked this so the 'Future' button only appears on layers that have future data (which are 'Radar' and 'Temperature'). • A sync problem with the server that caused deleted locations to come back after re-launching the app was resolved.• Forgot Password link now opens up a Support request email.

What's up next? Here's what we're working on for an upcoming release:• Bring back the long-tap functionality to drop a temporary pin and get current weather at that location. You'll also have the option to quickly save this location.

• New weather features that have never existed in the app before.

We're working hard to improve the app based on your feedback, so please keep your comments coming.

From version 3.2:

1) Make the map icons and toolbars smaller so you can see more of the map.• The red pin is back! Your saved locations now use the original red pin on the map that the old app version used.• The full-screen button is back! Tap this button to hide all map tools so you can view the map full-screen.• Your current location pin icon (when you have it enabled) now uses Apple's smaller standard blue dot.• Your current location weather bug has been redesigned and now appears in the lower-right corner of the map.• The map toolbar at the bottom of the screen is smaller and now has a touch of transparency.

2) Map views now persist between app launches.

3) In your Bookmarks of saved locations, tap a saved location to quickly go straight to that location on the map.

3.2

Jul 31, 2017

What's new in version 3.2:

Thanks for your feedback from our last release! Your top priorities told us you wanted the map easier to see, to keep your desired map views between app launches, and make it easier to switch between locations. We hope you enjoy these improvements!

Here's what's new in this release:

1) Make the map icons and toolbars smaller so you can see more of the map.

• The red pin is back! Your saved locations now use the original red pin on the map that the old app version used.

• The full-screen button is back! Tap this button (in the lower-left corner of the map) to hide all map tools so you can view the map full-screen.

• Your current location weather bug (which was previously the big blue weather info ball on your current location) has been redesigned and now appears in the lower-right corner of the map.

• The map toolbar at the bottom of the screen is smaller and now has a touch of transparency.

2) Map views now persist between app launches so you don't have to keep resetting the map to a desired view (includes map zoom level, the location you were last looking at, the map layers you chose to view, and opacity).

3) In your Bookmarks of saved locations, you can now tap a saved location to quickly go straight to that location on the map.

What's up next? We are working hard to bring lightning strikes back to the app, and improve the app based on what you're telling us, so please keep your feedback coming!

3.1

Jul 17, 2017

Version 3.1NOAA Hi-Def Radar Pro has been updated for iOS 10 and beyond. With this major update comes a sleek new design, new radar, and new weather map options.

New hi-definition radar provides stunning precipitation detail. See freezing rain (pink) areas of radar so you know where hazardous road conditions are likely.

2.1

Apr 17, 2015

Finally! This update brings a ton of new features, all packaged in a great design. You need a trusted ally during severe weather season, and this is it.

A sampling of whats been added:- Hi-Def Radar on Apple Watch!- Today Screen Widget that shows a map with Radar or Cloud coverage, Current Conditions, Temperature, and Warnings, all without having to unlock the phone- Hourly forecast for the next 24 hours- Swipe through forecasts for all your bookmarked locations- On screen temperature & conditions display for either your current or bookmarked home location- Live pressure for current location on devices with a barometer sensor- Live GPS (speed, altitude, direction) display on the map as you are moving about!- Beautiful, customized backgrounds for your city- Temperature specific “Feels Like” icons- An updated collection of awesome map icons for marking your locations!

2.0

Apr 10, 2015

Finally! This update brings a ton of new features, all packaged in a great design. You need a trusted ally during severe weather season, and this is it.

A sampling of whats been added:- Hi-Def Radar on Apple Watch!- Today Screen Widget that shows a map with Radar or Cloud coverage, Current Conditions, Temperature, and Warnings, all without having to unlock the phone- Hourly forecast for the next 24 hours- Swipe through forecasts for all your bookmarked locations- On screen temperature & conditions display for either your current or bookmarked home location- Live pressure for current location on devices with a barometer sensor- Live GPS (speed, altitude, direction) display on the map as you are moving about!- Beautiful, customized backgrounds for your city- Temperature specific “Feels Like” icons- An updated collection of awesome map icons for marking your locations!

1.21

Mar 15, 2013

We listened!- Lightning Strikes on the map! - Add bookmarks on map using address book contacts - Share Radar Screenshot via email or social media - Send Weather Postcard to friends or family - Weather info screen also shows severe weather warnings when applicable Several other enhancements per user request: - Show weather directly from bookmarks screen for each location on iPhone - On/off buttons in Choose-Layers screen work properly - Remembers if animation stopped when restarting app - Find address screen less confusing- Bug fixes

1.2

Mar 2, 2013

✓ Lightning Strikes on the map!✓ Add bookmarks on map using address book contacts✓ Share Radar Screenshot via email or social media✓ Send Weather Postcard to friends or family✓ Weather info screen also shows severe weather warnings when applicable✓ Several other enhancements per user request: - Show weather directly from bookmarks screen for each location on iPhone - On/off buttons in Choose-Layers screen work properly - Remembers if animation stopped when restarting app - Find address screen less confusing

1.0

Sep 1, 2011

Oct 8, 2018

Version 3.6

Version 3.6

APP IMPROVEMENTS:• When you receive a Lightning Alert push notification (assuming you have an active paid in-app subscription for Lightning Notifications), you will now see an in-app notification for that lightning strike when the app is open as well. Previously, you would only see a notification if the app was in the background or closed. Now you'll see the notification in any state the app might be in.

• A new Share button on the Map screen lets you share a screenshot of the map's current weather. Helpful for showing friends and family the current radar, active weather alert polygons, and any other map layers you've chosen to display.

BUG FIXES:• We fixed a bug that caused some users to not have their in-app purchase features enabled immediately after purchase. When that bug occurred, the best workaround was to delete the app, wait a few minutes, re-install the app from the App Store, and then tap 'Restore Subscriptions' in the app. As of this v3.6 release, this bug should now be fixed.

If, after installing this version 3.6 update, you're still not getting your in-app purchased features enabled, please submit a Support ticket from within your app, which provides us with additional diagnostic data, and we'll look into it.

• Additional bug fixes and performance improvements are included in this release.

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5

27.4K Ratings

27.4K Ratings

potrto
,06/12/2018

Good radar app

The only reason I bought this app was that I wanted to quickly look at precipitation/clouds covering and see where it was moving. It used to be perfect in his regard - I could use the little slider at the bottom to move time forth and back and get the idea very quickly. With the new version the slider is gone and it is only possible to start plying the time loop automatically. I miss the slider a lot!

On my iPhone 7 Plus the app itself seems to be working reasonably fast. I like the new layer settings - it's much nicer than it used to be. Plus, I like that now it is possible to select the combination of precipitation and clouds! As far as I remember, you could have one or the other before. However, this combination has a problem with animation - when I hit the play button it takes the whole loop to show the clouds/precipitation that move. The other layers work fine in this regard so it is only this combination that has the problem.

Developer Response
,06/13/2018

Thank you for your comments.

Starting with version 3.5 (released on 6/12/18), a new feature has been added that gives you more control over how much radar imagery gets displayed in the app when on a slow cellular connection.

Tap Settings > Advanced > and scroll down to the new 'Weather Layer Imagery Loops' section. We hope this Advanced feature helps improves the app experience for you.

PS: We also miss the Slider! The reason this was removed in version 3.x is because the weather provider and data that powered the old version was set to be (and has since been) discontinued at the end of 2017. As a result of that change, NOAA Hi-Def Radar for iOS had to either be rebuilt completely or discontinued as a product.

We made the decision to continue the product, and at the same time bring it up to modern iOS standards as the app had not been updated in quite a few years, which caused some technology challenges for both our users as mobile devices evolved and our own development teams having to maintain outdated technology. Unfortunately, some features of the old app, like the Slider, were not available from the new weather provider due to the technology and data source changes mentioned.

potrto
,06/12/2018

Good radar app

The only reason I bought this app was that I wanted to quickly look at precipitation/clouds covering and see where it was moving. It used to be perfect in his regard - I could use the little slider at the bottom to move time forth and back and get the idea very quickly. With the new version the slider is gone and it is only possible to start plying the time loop automatically. I miss the slider a lot!

On my iPhone 7 Plus the app itself seems to be working reasonably fast. I like the new layer settings - it's much nicer than it used to be. Plus, I like that now it is possible to select the combination of precipitation and clouds! As far as I remember, you could have one or the other before. However, this combination has a problem with animation - when I hit the play button it takes the whole loop to show the clouds/precipitation that move. The other layers work fine in this regard so it is only this combination that has the problem.

Developer Response
,06/13/2018

Thank you for your comments.

Starting with version 3.5 (released on 6/12/18), a new feature has been added that gives you more control over how much radar imagery gets displayed in the app when on a slow cellular connection.

Tap Settings > Advanced > and scroll down to the new 'Weather Layer Imagery Loops' section. We hope this Advanced feature helps improves the app experience for you.

PS: We also miss the Slider! The reason this was removed in version 3.x is because the weather provider and data that powered the old version was set to be (and has since been) discontinued at the end of 2017. As a result of that change, NOAA Hi-Def Radar for iOS had to either be rebuilt completely or discontinued as a product.

We made the decision to continue the product, and at the same time bring it up to modern iOS standards as the app had not been updated in quite a few years, which caused some technology challenges for both our users as mobile devices evolved and our own development teams having to maintain outdated technology. Unfortunately, some features of the old app, like the Slider, were not available from the new weather provider due to the technology and data source changes mentioned.

Alicecross
,07/05/2018

Loved the older version

I like it except for the fact : every time they do a updated..it gets a little more simplistic for example: when I first downloaded this app able to login in and on the app post photos of weather for my location💕 now that’s not isn’t available anymore. There was also graphs that showed you the cloud depth to see how far the clouds reached up in the atmosphere and show you kind of lightning whether it was positive or negative.I’m a huge whether!!! this app keeps getting dumber and dumber!!!! I might try noaa app (the United States weather advisory) its the same app used by most meteorologist but you have to pay the 4.99 too the owner of this app: Go back to what you it was like a year and a half ago ....that’s what people would pay for!

Developer Response
,07/09/2018

Thank you for letting us know what you found helpful in the old app. The reason some features had to be removed in version 3.x is because the weather provider and data that powered the old version was set to be (and has since been) discontinued at the end of 2017. As a result of that change, NOAA Hi-Def Radar for iOS had to either be rebuilt completely or discontinued as a product.

We made the decision to continue the product, and at the same time bring it up to modern iOS standards as the app had not been updated in quite a few years, which caused some technology challenges for both our users as mobile devices evolved and our own development teams having to maintain outdated technology. Unfortunately, some features of the old app were not available from the new weather provider due to the technology and data source changes mentioned.

Alicecross
,07/05/2018

Loved the older version

I like it except for the fact : every time they do a updated..it gets a little more simplistic for example: when I first downloaded this app able to login in and on the app post photos of weather for my location💕 now that’s not isn’t available anymore. There was also graphs that showed you the cloud depth to see how far the clouds reached up in the atmosphere and show you kind of lightning whether it was positive or negative.I’m a huge whether!!! this app keeps getting dumber and dumber!!!! I might try noaa app (the United States weather advisory) its the same app used by most meteorologist but you have to pay the 4.99 too the owner of this app: Go back to what you it was like a year and a half ago ....that’s what people would pay for!

Developer Response
,07/09/2018

Thank you for letting us know what you found helpful in the old app. The reason some features had to be removed in version 3.x is because the weather provider and data that powered the old version was set to be (and has since been) discontinued at the end of 2017. As a result of that change, NOAA Hi-Def Radar for iOS had to either be rebuilt completely or discontinued as a product.

We made the decision to continue the product, and at the same time bring it up to modern iOS standards as the app had not been updated in quite a few years, which caused some technology challenges for both our users as mobile devices evolved and our own development teams having to maintain outdated technology. Unfortunately, some features of the old app were not available from the new weather provider due to the technology and data source changes mentioned.

James P Owens
,07/23/2018

Another Repurchase 🙄

I like the features. That’s why I bought RADARCAST (no longer in App Store). I understand business circumstances change and you have to make trade offs however you failed to tell your customer. My RadarCast app just began intermittently failing to show radar. Over the last month the supporting services clicked off and I was left wondering why my once reliable product stopped working. 🙄🙄🙄 communication. That’s all I’m asking for. Yes, RadarCast is related to NOAA weather radar but it might have been a M&A ago.

Developer Response
,07/26/2018

Thanks for your comment. In September 2017 (three months before it was discontinued) we communicated to users of the separate RadarCast app (via push notification in RadarCast) the planned discontinuation of the RadarCast app scheduled for the end of December 2017. We apologize if you didn't see that communication.

James P Owens
,07/23/2018

Another Repurchase 🙄

I like the features. That’s why I bought RADARCAST (no longer in App Store). I understand business circumstances change and you have to make trade offs however you failed to tell your customer. My RadarCast app just began intermittently failing to show radar. Over the last month the supporting services clicked off and I was left wondering why my once reliable product stopped working. 🙄🙄🙄 communication. That’s all I’m asking for. Yes, RadarCast is related to NOAA weather radar but it might have been a M&A ago.

Developer Response
,07/26/2018

Thanks for your comment. In September 2017 (three months before it was discontinued) we communicated to users of the separate RadarCast app (via push notification in RadarCast) the planned discontinuation of the RadarCast app scheduled for the end of December 2017. We apologize if you didn't see that communication.